French Sudan

French Sudan (Fr. Soudan) was a colony in French West Africa that had two separate periods of existence, first from 1890 to 1899, then from 1920 to 1960, when the territory became the independent nation of Mali.
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Noun
1. a landlocked republic in northwestern Africa; achieved independence from France in 1960; Mali was a center of West African civilization for more than 4,000 years
(synonym) Mali, Republic of Mali
(hypernym) African country, African nation
(part-holonym) Africa
(member-meronym) Malian
(part-meronym) Bamako